Beverly Gardens Park is a 22 block long park that stretches along Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California for 1.9 miles (3.1 km). It was opened in 1911. The park serves to provide a lengthy green swath between the northern residential area and the commercial sections of the city. It features a two-mile jogging path, many hundred-year-old cypress and ficus trees, gardens, sculpture, and the big, iconic Beverly Hills Sign, a re-creation of the original arching, lighted historic sign, built near the city's center.